Jabs and bickering continued in the third televised gubernatorial debate in Maryland, but this time, the candidates faced questions from around the state.

Democrat Anthony Brown and Republican Larry Hogan sparred in their third and final televised debate Saturday on Maryland Public Television and WBAL-TV 11. Moderated by 11 News Today anchor Jason Newton, this debate was different from the first two with questions from reporters from around the state.

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Three panelists, including WBAL-TV 11's Deborah Weiner, represented different areas of the state from Western Maryland to the Eastern Shore. The candidates had to answer to a more diverse crop of questions about agriculture, the environment and about the growing heroin problem statewide.

"In January, I will immediately declare a state of emergency and call a summit together to bring all of the various components together to sit around the table and figure out how we attack this problem," Hogan said of the heroin epidemic in Maryland.

"This is why I supported the decriminalization of possession of small amounts of marijuana. It will save our state about $100 million a year in prosecuting those we can take those funds and do better drug treatment and addiction counseling and treatment and education," Brown said.

There were also questions directly specifically at each candidate. Brown was asked what would distinguish his administration from that of Gov. Martin O'Malley's.

"I have disagreed with the governor. I've disagreed with him on the mortgage interest deduction that he proposed several sessions ago as we balanced our budget. It didn't pass in the General Assembly and I think that's a good thing. I did not speak out publicly on that. I disagreed with the governor when he signed the bill that passed the tech tax in Maryland several years ago; it was later repealed," Brown said.

Hogan was asked how he would work with a Democratic Legislature to pass specific issues. He said his top priority would be cutting spending.

"I can cut that spending without the Legislature and we're going to do it, but then we've got to work with the Legislature on the tax relief. They've gotta go along with that and that's what I'm going to focus on," Hogan said.

Things got heated when the candidates were asked to address some offensive misconceptions put out in the media by the other party.